It used to be that they offered you letters in italics and you just had to retype them. Then, they started doing letters in italics and letters that kind of over lap each other. And now, they are doing a picture of numbers and then letters that overlap each other.
And I just have to say... I'm really bad at the word verifications. I can't read the stupid letters. I am really bad at it. When I make a comment on someone's blog, it usually takes me 4-7 times to get the stupid word verification right.
Here are some examples of ones that I got wrong...
Another thing I am bad at... Indexing. Has anyone ever tried the indexing program that the LDS church has? Basically, you read lists of names of people from boat manifests, registered voters, or census documents and guess what you think the name is that is written. These are hard to read because they are old, hand written, in cursive, or in type that has smugged or faded.
I am really really bad at reading these. First of all, I don't read cursive very well. I can't write cursive and I can barely read it because I have been doing print for so long and mostly I just type, so I haven't really used cursive since elementary school. Momma Kimball always writes in cursive and loves to give me notes and cards and I can't read them. Matt reads them for me. Yes, I know, there is something wrong with me.
So, when it comes to indexing, I am really bad because I can't read cursive. My mom is awesome at indexing and she has actually become the verifying person who sees what multiple people have guessed for a name and decides who is right. She is from the generation of cursive.
In conclusion, I don't want to verify words anymore! And, I don't want to read cursive anymore! Why can't everyone else conform to my needs?
8 comments:
Funny! You are the second person I've seen say something about this this morning. And I totally agree. Now let's see if I can post this comment.
Did it but no verification was needed. Maybe it's because I'm on my phone?
No verification was needed because my blog is awesome and I turned this feature off so that people don't have to verify words to comment on my blog. And you know what? I get like maybe two spam comments a year. It doesn't affect me.
Nice! That officially makes you my favorite. I should be like you and turn mine off too. (Not like I ever write posts for people to comment on.)
Yes, the word verification thingy has gotten more annoying, but 4 to 7 times? That sounds like it might be a personal problem. I sometimes have to do it twice, but the ones you put on your blog were pretty easy. just sayin'.
What? They are not easy! Okay, the first one I posted was easier, but the other two? That last one has many unidentifiable characters in it! I'd like to see you try and decipher those characters!
And yes, it may be a personal problem.
I agree with Becky. The word verification thing has gotten way out of control. I think my personal worst was 5 times trying to verify the indiscernible writing and numbers. Why is blogspot afraid of robots anyway?
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